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Questions tagged with 'shakespeare' at Ask MetaFilter.Tue, 07 Jul 2015 12:16:19 -0800Tue, 07 Jul 2015 12:16:19 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60Foreign Language Editions of Shakespeare’s Sonnetshttp://ask.metafilter.com/282590/Foreign%2DLanguage%2DEditions%2Dof%2DShakespeares%2DSonnets
Need help finding foreign language editions of Shakespeare’s Sonnets. According to Wikipedia “there is no major written language into which Shakespeare’s Sonnets have not been translated”. Challenge accepted: I’m trying to collect published editions of the sonnets in as many different languages as I can. The ground rules are (1) Only printed editions; no Internet downloads, no Kindle / Nook (2) Only complete editions of all 154 sonnets; no poetry collections or best-ofs that include only a subset (3) No expensive coffee table editions. So far I’ve got Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Korean, Romanian, Russian, Sicilian, Spanish, and Turkish. Can anyone suggest a source for any others?tag:ask.metafilter.com,2015:site.282590Tue, 07 Jul 2015 12:16:19 -0800DanSachsHelp me do a Boston Southie accent.http://ask.metafilter.com/277317/Help%2Dme%2Ddo%2Da%2DBoston%2DSouthie%2Daccent
I'm playing Costard in a production of <em>Love's Labours Lost</em>. He's a lower class character among royalty. A bright guy, but ignorant of their ways. I want to attempt a Southie accent, and I'm looking for help.
So far I've re-watched <em>Good Will Hunting</em>, <em>The Fighter</em>, and <em>Ted</em>, and have googled "how to do a Boston accent".
I'm looking for additional advice from a Bostonian beyond the basics,<strong> but ideally</strong>, <strong>a phonetic transcription or recording of Costard's lines</strong> would really help me out. I've included the lines below. Sir, the contempts thereof are as touching me.<br>
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The matter is to me, sir, as concerning Jaquenetta. The manner of it is, I was taken with the manner.<br>
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In manner and form following, sir; all those three: I was seen with her in the manor-house, sitting with<br>
her upon the form, and taken following her into the park; which, put together, is in manner and form following. Now, sir, for the manner, --it is the manner of a man to speak to a woman; for the form, in some form.<br>
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As it shall follow in my correction: and God defend the right!<br>
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Such is the simplicity of man to hearken after the flesh.<br>
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Not a word of Costard yet.<br>
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Peace be to me and every man that dare not fight.<br>
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No words of other men’s secrets, I beseech you.<br>
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With a wench.<br>
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Sir, I confess the wench.<br>
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I do confess much of the hearing it, but little of the marking of it.<br>
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I was taken with none, sir: I was taken with a damsel.<br>
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This was no damsel, neither, sir; she was a virgin.<br>
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if it were, I deny her virginity: I was taken with a maid.<br>
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This maid will serve my turn sir.<br>
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I had rather pray a month with mutton and porridge.<br>
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I suffer for the truth, sir; for true it is, I was take with Jaquenetta, and Jaquenetta is a true girl; and therefore welcome the sour cup of prosperity. Affliction may one day smile again; and till then sit thee down sorrow!<br>
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Well, sir, I hope, when I do it, I shall do it on a full stomach.<br>
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I am more bound to you than your fellows, for they are but lightly rewarded.<br>
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Let me not be pent up, sir: I will fast, being loose.<br>
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No egma, no riddle, no lenvoy; no salve in the mail, sir: O, sir, plantain, a plain plantain! no lenvoy, no lenvoy; no salve, sir, but a plantain.<br>
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The boy hath sold him a bargain. A goose that’s flat.<br>
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Thou hast no feeling of it Moth. I will speak that lenvoy: I Costard, running out, that was safely within, fell over the threshold and broke my shin.<br>
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I smell some lenvoy, some goose in this.<br>
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Remuneration! O, that’s the Latin word for three farthings: three farthings - remuneration - “What’s the price of this inkle? One penny. No, I’ll give you a remuneration. Why, it carries it. Remuneration! I will never buy and sell out using this word.<br>
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Pray you sir, how much carnation ribbon may a man buy for a remuneration?<br>
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Marry, sir, halfpenny farthing.<br>
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I thank your worship: God be wi’ you.<br>
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When would you have it done, sir?<br>
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Well, I will do it, sir. Fare you well.<br>
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I shall know, sir, when I have done it.<br>
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I will come to your worship tomorrow morning.<br>
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Gardon. O sweet gardon! better than remuneration, a’leven-pence farthing better: most sweet gardon! I will do it sir, in print. Gardon! Remuneration!<br>
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God dig-you-den all! Pray you , which is the head lady?<br>
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Which is the greatest lady, the highest?<br>
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I have a letter from Monsieur Biron to one Lady Rosaline.<br>
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I told you; my lord.<br>
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From my lord to my lady.<br>
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From my lord Biron, a good master of mine, to a lady of France that he call’d Rosaline.<br>
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Have with thee, my girl.<br>
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Some certain treason.<br>
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Nay, it makes nothing, sir.<br>
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Of Dun Adramadio, Dun Adramadio!<br>
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Walk aside the true folk, and let the traitors stay.<br>
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O, they have lived long on the alms-basket of words, for thou art not so long by the head as honorificabilitudinitatibus. thou art easier swallowed than a flap-dragon.<br>
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An I had but one penny in the world, thou shouldst have it to buy gingerbread: hold, there is the very remuneration I had of thy master, thou halfpenny purse wit, thou pigeon-egg of discretion. O, an the heavens were so pleased that thou wert but my bastard, what a joyful father wouldst thou make me! Go to. Thou hast it ad dunghill, at the fingers’ ends, as they say.<br>
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O Lord, sir, they would know whether the three Worthies shall come in or no.<br>
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We will turn it finely off, sir; we will take some care.<br>
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I Pompey am, Pompey surnamed the Big--<br>
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It is ‘Great’ sir. Pompey surnamed the Great. That oft in field with targe and shield, did make my foe to sweat. And travelling along this coast, I here am come by chance, and lay my arms before the legs of this sweet lass of France, if your ladyship would say “Thanks Pompey”, I had done.<br>
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Tis not so much worth; but I hope I was perfect. I made a little fault in ‘Great’.<br>
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Your servant, and Costard.<br>
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O sir, you have overthrown Alisander the conqueror! You will be scraped out of the painted cloth for this. Your lion, that holds his poll-axe sitting on a close-stool, will be given to Ajax. He will be the ninth Worthy. A conqueror, and afeard to speak? Run away for shame, Alisander. There an’t shall please you; a foolish mild man; an honest man, look you, and soon dashed. He is a marvellous good neighbour, faith and a very good bowler: but for Alisander, -- alas, you see how ‘tis a little o’erparted. But there are Worthies a-coming will speak their mind in some other sort.<br>
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The party is gone, fellow Hector, she is gone. She is two months on her way.<br>
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Faith, unless you play the honest Trojan, the poor wench is cast away. She’s quick. The child brags in her belly already. Tis yours.<br>
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Then shall Hector be whipped for Jaquenetta, that is quick by him and hanged for Pompey that is dead by him.<br>
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I will not fight with a pole, like a northern man. I’ll slash. I’ll do it by the sword. I bepray you, let me borrow my arms again.<br>
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I’ll do it in my shirt.tag:ask.metafilter.com,2015:site.277317Sun, 15 Mar 2015 19:48:26 -0800consummate dilettanteA Shared Universe of Shakespeare Charactershttp://ask.metafilter.com/276503/A%2DShared%2DUniverse%2Dof%2DShakespeare%2DCharacters
Has there been one besides the comic "Kill Shakespeare"? I was thinking about "shared cinematic universes," in the vein of the recent Marvel movies. Seems like we've got something similar for:<br>
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- Grimm's fairy tales (<em>Grimm</em>)<br>
- Storybook characters/Disney films (<em>Once Upon a Time</em>)<br>
- Universal monsters (coming soon)<br>
- Star Wars (coming soon)<br>
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And I was thinking about all the great characters and plots from Shakespeare. Could they all exist in one story, or a series of stories?<br>
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I searched Google and came up with the graphic novel series <em><a href="http://www.killshakespeare.com/story.html">Kill Shakespeare</a></em> which pits (some of?) the "good" characters -- Othello, Juliet, Hamlet -- against the "bad" ones -- Iago, Richard III, Lady Macbeth.<br>
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Is there any other example? There are lots of interesting plots and interactions I'd like to see. Putting all the women together would make for a fun conversation. It would also be cool to see how the magical characters interact: Puck, Macbeth's witches, Prospero. <br>
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It might be difficult when it comes to the histories, as Richard II and Henry IV and Henry VI couldn't all be king of England at the same time. But the ancient stories could co-exist with the 16th-century plays, since they "really" take place in Shakespeare's Renaissance; does anyone picture the characters of <em>A Midsummer Night's Dream</em> in ancient Athenian clothes?<br>
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Anyway, does such an idea exist outside of the one comic? And can you think of interesting encounters between Shakespeare characters, liberated from their own plays?tag:ask.metafilter.com,2015:site.276503Thu, 26 Feb 2015 15:14:39 -0800Flying SaucerHelp me choose a passage from a Shakespeare play for a short film?http://ask.metafilter.com/276096/Help%2Dme%2Dchoose%2Da%2Dpassage%2Dfrom%2Da%2DShakespeare%2Dplay%2Dfor%2Da%2Dshort%2Dfilm
I am working on a short (4-minute) film that is set at a performance of Shakespeare in the Park. As part of the film one of the characters (an actor) will be on stage, acting out a short portion from a play. I need to choose what passage the actor will be performing. Help? The play could be any Shakespeare play-- comedy, tragedy, or history. The length doesn't matter too much but it should probably be at least 6 lines. The actor is alone onstage so it should make sense in that context. I would love if it incorporated themes of nature, or deception/disguise/acting. Ideally it wouldn't be one of the most famous passages ('to be or not to be', etc.). The actor is male but I'm not 100% opposed to a passage meant for a female character. The sound will end up being muffled/distorted/disguised in some way but I think it should still be as appropriate as possible. <br>
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I have been looking through <a href="http://www.shakespeare-monologues.org/">shakespearemonologues.org</a> and the <a href="http://www.enotes.com/shakespeare-quotes/themes">enotes.com Shakespeare quotes by theme</a> but feel like I haven't hit upon the right passage yet. I feel like the closest thing I've found so far is the '<a href="http://www.enotes.com/shakespeare-quotes/hold-mirror-up-nature">hold a mirror up to nature</a>' portion from Hamlet but I feel like there's something out there that's better, that I just haven't found yet. <br>
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Any suggestions would be extremely helpful. Thanks in advance!tag:ask.metafilter.com,2015:site.276096Wed, 18 Feb 2015 06:18:15 -0800matcha actionKing Lear in Central Parkhttp://ask.metafilter.com/266398/King%2DLear%2Din%2DCentral%2DPark
Has anyone stood on line for free tickets for Shakespeare in the Park recently? How bad are the lines? How early should I get there?tag:ask.metafilter.com,2014:site.266398Wed, 06 Aug 2014 21:31:53 -0800islandeadyAppreciating the Density of Shakespeare in Real Timehttp://ask.metafilter.com/258638/Appreciating%2Dthe%2DDensity%2Dof%2DShakespeare%2Din%2DReal%2DTime
Shakespeare's plays are so densely rich and full of deep philosophy and wordplay (e.g. throwaway allusions which open - and, a line or two later, shut - huge worlds of insightful ideas) that I find it quite impossible to parse (much less absorb) all of what's being said and alluded to in real-time. And this is leaving completely aside the issues of outdated references and obsolete language. So: is it that people back then had nimbler minds, capable of absorbing densely-packed language in real time by rapidly spieling actors? Or.......? Even if his plays were transposed to thoroughly modern English, with references also updated, most of Shakespeare's writing would be too dense, rich, and deep for me to properly enjoy at a theatrical pace. Whenever I see one of his plays for the first time, I feel like someone way smarter than me is firing thoughts and insights at me, rapid-fire, and I'm able only to follow the larger arc of what was being said, ignoring the vast majority of the details, metaphors, puns, and allusions because there's no time to wrap my mind around everything. I can't process it all on the fly.<br>
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Is it that:<br>
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1. People back then had were swifter-minded; able to parse and appreciate deep density at fast pace? Or...<br>
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2. People back then were no better, but caught each play multiple times to fully parse out the insight and cleverness? Or...<br>
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3. Most back then weren't hip to the subtleties; they just coasted along the outline of the plot, catching errant nuggets here and there, and the deeper stuff was admired only by those who took the time to really study the plays? Or...<br>
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4. It's just me; most people, even today, actually do parse it all out on the fly? Or...<br>
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5. Other scenarios I haven't thought of?tag:ask.metafilter.com,2014:site.258638Thu, 13 Mar 2014 11:39:58 -0800Quisp LoverHalloween Hair Humectant? Soggy Samhain Strands?http://ask.metafilter.com/250608/Halloween%2DHair%2DHumectant%2DSoggy%2DSamhain%2DStrands
Remember The Wet Look? Well, I need The Drowned Look. For this year’s Halloween costume contest, my buddies and I are going as the ladies of Shakespearean tragedy, and I drew Ophelia. I’m not doing Sad or Mad Ophelia, though; I’m doing recently-fished-out-of-the-creek Ophelia, and I need some advice. I’m not doing JUST-fished-out-of-the-creek Ophelia because that’s just too much work and I don’t want to drip all over the office that morning. I’ve managed a damp hem and cuffs effect without too much discomfort. Green-Glo spray should make the foliage look moist enough.<br>
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What I’m a bit stuck on is the hair. I don’t want to go around with a wet head or toting a spray bottle, but I want the suggestion of dampness all afternoon. I had thought to put most of the crown area in a bunch of small, wild ponytails and pull it though a wreath, then put some kind of product in all of it.<br>
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I know jack-all about hair products beyond standard hold-it-in-place gel and spray. I don’t know a wax from a putty from a pomade from a shoe polish. I'm overwhelmed with product reviews, and half the time I don’t know what’s being written by the company and what’s being written by real users. I don’t have time to order anything, or to cross-check what I research online versus what’s in stores. So I’m really hoping there might be a Mefite or two out there who might know what I could get at my local Target or Northeast U.S. drugstore within the next week or so that might meet the following criteria:<br>
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1. Will give sort of a wet and perhaps wild look for a few hours<br>
2. Is toward the lower end of the cost spectrum<br>
3. Has the mildest scent possible<br>
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The locks in question: heavy, dark, and really straight. It's layered and comes just to the collarbone.tag:ask.metafilter.com,2013:site.250608Mon, 21 Oct 2013 12:38:42 -0800The Underpants MonsterJude Kelly's Othellohttp://ask.metafilter.com/250024/Jude%2DKellys%2DOthello
In 1997 Jude Kelly directed a production of Othello starring Patrick Stewart in the title role. Is a recording available? I'm aware of <a href="http://www.wapava.org/new_file.php?id=216">the WAPAVA recording</a>, but I'm nowhere near the DC area, and WAPAVA says <a href="http://www.wapava.org/index2.html">they cannot circulate their recordings</a> because of agreements with Actor's Equity. Is a recording available from any other source? I have access to interlibrary loan through a university.<br>
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I'm guessing trying to talk to Actor's Equity about an exception to their agreement with WAPAVA would be pointless, but if anyone has contacts with Equity I'm willing to try that route.tag:ask.metafilter.com,2013:site.250024Thu, 10 Oct 2013 10:12:36 -0800jedicusAdaptations of Shakespearehttp://ask.metafilter.com/242991/Adaptations%2Dof%2DShakespeare
What are the best tv or movie adaptations of Shakespeare's plays?tag:ask.metafilter.com,2013:site.242991Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:22:29 -0800ProginoskesMuch Ado About Claudiohttp://ask.metafilter.com/242541/Much%2DAdo%2DAbout%2DClaudio
Shakespeare Filter, <em>Much Ado About Nothing</em> Subfilter: Why does Hero still marry Claudio when he is the MEANEST PERSON IN THE WORLD? I just watched the Kenneth Branagh <em>Much Ado About Nothing</em> film, in preparation for seeing the Joss Whedon version, because apparently I have never seen nor read this play somehow. So Claudio sees the fake sex that Don John sets up to break up the wedding, waits until they're at the altar at the wedding, and then everything takes a REALLY DARK TURN and Claudio is pretty much as mean as it is possible to be to poor, innocent Hero. But then, name cleared, she goes ahead and marries him anyway!<br>
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I enjoyed the play/film overall and found Branagh's interpretation (which I understand to be abridged) generally lighthearted and joyful, but the first Claudio/Hero wedding scene is WAY dark, and I do not understand even a little why Hero is so eager to go back to Claudio other than the fact that Robert Sean Leonard is pretty.<br>
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Maybe this is what I'm supposed to get from it, this very very dark, harsh view of love at first sight? Maybe it's set in comparison to Beatrice and Benedick? Help me out here, Shakespeare-loving MeFites.tag:ask.metafilter.com,2013:site.242541Sat, 08 Jun 2013 21:45:46 -0800Eyebrows McGeeHow do I contact English, Literature, and Drama teachers in NYC?http://ask.metafilter.com/237987/How%2Ddo%2DI%2Dcontact%2DEnglish%2DLiterature%2Dand%2DDrama%2Dteachers%2Din%2DNYC
I want to offer super-cheap ($10 to free) Shakespeare tickets to educators and their students in the NYC area. I'm interested in contacting both high school and college teachers. Would they likely welcome this or consider it spam? Is there some kind of message board or other resource I can use to contact these folks.tag:ask.metafilter.com,2013:site.237987Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:26:08 -0800grumblebeeA play: Queen Elizabeth &amp; Shakespeare &amp; fart jokes. Ring any bells?http://ask.metafilter.com/236126/A%2Dplay%2DQueen%2DElizabeth%2Dand%2DShakespeare%2Dand%2Dfart%2Djokes%2DRing%2Dany%2Dbells
My friend's mom is trying to find a play that might be called "1601." Probably has as characters: Queen Elizabeth I, Sir Walter Raleigh, Shakespeare. She read it in the late 1960's, and it was full of many fart jokes, sexual allusions, etc. Was supposed to be set in Queen Elizabeth's drawing room...
We're having no luck, turning to the hive mind.....tag:ask.metafilter.com,2013:site.236126Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:10:47 -0800kestralwingWhich play should I see?http://ask.metafilter.com/233468/Which%2Dplay%2Dshould%2DI%2Dsee
My in-laws gave me a gift certificate to the Guthrie Theater. It will pay for two tickets (for me and my wife) to one play. Given the cost of babysitting, tickets, and dinner, this may be the only play I will see this year. I'd like to see something by Shakespeare.
Here are my choices:
As You Like It - performed by The Acting Company;
Twelth Night - performed by Propeller; and,
Taming of the Shrew - Performed by Propeller.
Which play should I see? I'll note that I'm leaning towards either seeing As You Like It or Twelth Night, as I've seen Taming of the Shrew twice before and found the sexism made it less than enjoyable both times (I was also in a production of it during college, and found it offputting then as well.)tag:ask.metafilter.com,2013:site.233468Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:00:37 -0800Area ManAnalysis of a line from Shakespeare's Coriolanushttp://ask.metafilter.com/232976/Analysis%2Dof%2Da%2Dline%2Dfrom%2DShakespeares%2DCoriolanus
You know how sometimes when you watch (or read) a Shakespeare play, you come across a something which makes you go "Holy crap, that's one of the greatest pieces of English I've ever heard, but I'm not quite sure what it means". This happens especially often for me because I'm not a native English speaker. Well, I just watched the movie adaptation of Coriolanus a few weeks ago and I need one of the lines explained to me. As background, the play is about a Roman general named Caius Martius who goes to war against another country called Volsci, and after conquering a city named Corioli, he returns home to a huge celebration and is given the name Coriolanus. <br>
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The part I'm wondering about occurs during the celebration, and is spoken (to no one in particular) by his mother, Volumnia. Here it is:<br>
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These are the ushers of Marcius: before him<br>
He carries noise, and behind him he leaves tears;<br>
Death, that dark spirit, in's nervy arm doth lie;<br>
Which, being advanc'd, declines, and then men die. <br>
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The two first rows are pretty clear, I think: the noise refers to the praise and adulation he gets (which makes sense, given that the line is spoken at a celebration for him), and the tears to all the destruction he leaves in his wake. <br>
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The third line was a little harder, but after looking up "nervy" in the Oxford English Dictionary, I found the definition "Vigorous; sinewy; full of strength", which cited this exact line as an example, it's a little bit clearer (also realizing that "in's" is probably short for "in his" helped). "In his strong arm lies death", basically. <br>
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But I can't quite make out the fourth line. My instinct tells me that "advanc'd" refers to "advancing" in the sense of "moving forward", as in "the forces are advancing" (he is a general, after all), but that doesn't quite seem to fit. Can "advance" mean "to raise"? I've never heard the word used that way, but it would make sense given that the next word is "declines". But that makes the whole construction weird, because I've always read the construction "being X, Y" as meaning roughly "because of X, then Y", as in "being an honest man, I have to tell you the truth". But that can't be right, "because his arm is raised, it is lowered" is nonsensical. I guess the only explanation is that he first raises his arm, and then subsequently lowers it. That is not at all how I would parse that sentence naturally, but I can't really come up with another explanation. <br>
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To put it in plain modern English, I therefore read the last two lines as "Death lies in his strong arm, which raises and then lowers, and that makes men die". Is that a proper reading? <br>
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Assuming it is, what does it mean? What I'm currently thinking is that the death she is talking about is a metaphor for a sword. The sword in his hand is death, and when he swings it, men die. Probably even this is metaphorical (metaphors within metaphors!), meaning something like "When Coriolanus goes to war, no man can meet him on the field of battle and survive". Am I reading that right?<br>
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I don't quite know why, but those lines really took my breath away when I heard them, and they have been bouncing around in my head ever since, so I'd really appreciate someone clarifying what they actually mean.tag:ask.metafilter.com,2013:site.232976Sat, 12 Jan 2013 04:38:04 -0800gkhanI want to read public domain books on an Android smartphone http://ask.metafilter.com/232879/I%2Dwant%2Dto%2Dread%2Dpublic%2Ddomain%2Dbooks%2Don%2Dan%2DAndroid%2Dsmartphone
I want to read public domain books (especially Shakespeare) on my Galaxy S3. But all of the apps I can find are giving me trouble. What's the best-designed and most convenient solution? Reading eBooks on a smartphone is great, but recently I've been trying to read Shakespeare and it's been a problem. The Kindle app, which has a large selection of free Shakespeare plays, won't let me shrink the text enough to preserve line breaks, which makes reading frustrating. Most of the other systems I've tried (Nook, Kobo, Google Books) have the same problem, plus no free books.<br>
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Is there a way I can download free ebook versions of Shakespeare plays that are nicely formatted for smartphones? I'm also not averse to paying a few dollars, especially if I get access to a good gloss and footnotes, except that every free sample of Shakespeare (Pelican, Modern Library) I've tried to download doesn't include the actual text of the play, so I can't tell if they have the same problem. If any of the professionally-edited versions are good for smartphone reading, please tell me.<br>
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Finally, if you know of a particularly fantastic, beautifully-designed ebook program for Android, I would love to hear about it. I'm starting to envy iOS people.tag:ask.metafilter.com,2013:site.232879Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:03:27 -0800vogon_poetWhere can I host fair use vids w/o getting hit by copyright nonsense constantly?http://ask.metafilter.com/227139/Where%2Dcan%2DI%2Dhost%2Dfair%2Duse%2Dvids%2Dwo%2Dgetting%2Dhit%2Dby%2Dcopyright%2Dnonsense%2Dconstantly
Where can I host videos for my Shakespeare play comparison website that won't a) cost me tons due to hosting and b) be YouTube knee-jerky on copyright violation? For my own interest and to enhance my appreciation of Shakespeare, I like to watch as many versions of each play as I can, and to share this with others, I'd put them online (<a href="http://www.jkenfisher.com/comparisons/hamlet-act-ii-scene-ii---the-fishmonger-scene.html">example page here</a>) via Youtube upload/embed.<br>
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Unfortunately, these keep getting hit with copyright violation despite my view these are clear fair use under both commentary and educational purposes (I get many emails, etc. from teachers thanking me for these, and have made a conscious decision not to put ads, etc.) which very much chilled my effort on this, despite my plans to list at list one scene from each play that I could find multiple filmed versions of. <br>
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I'd really like to go back to this and expand it, but I don't know where I could host my videos where they will respect fair use more than YouTube does. I could host them on my own server, and may, but the sheer quantity causes me to fear it one day popping up somewhere popular and my site getting slammed and costing me a fortune for a side hobby I can't afford. <br>
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Thanks.tag:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.227139Sun, 21 Oct 2012 15:24:36 -0800John Kenneth FisherSong identification filer: Indie Folk Version of Feste's Song? http://ask.metafilter.com/222686/Song%2Didentification%2Dfiler%2DIndie%2DFolk%2DVersion%2Dof%2DFestes%2DSong
Song identification filter:
I heard a song on Los Angeles independent radio the other day that included lyrics from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feste#Feste.27s_Song">"Feste's Song"</a> from Shakespeare's <em>Twelfth Night</em>. Some how my duckduckgofu hath failed. Details follow. It was sung by an man with an Britishy accent that seemed more like Northern England or Scotland or Wales or maybe Ireland.<br>
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It was NOT <a href="http://youtu.be/G4WNiFgYko8">Elvis Costello</a>.<br>
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It seems as though the tune and the arrangement of the lyrics were not the same as other (traditional?) arrangement of the song. There may have been additional lyrics.<br>
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The vibe was sort of folky indie rock melancholy dark.<br>
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Some sample lyrics:<br>
"With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,<br>
For the rain it raineth every day."<br>
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'A great while ago the world begun"tag:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.222686Mon, 20 Aug 2012 12:10:44 -0800lalalanaHamlet's successionhttp://ask.metafilter.com/215168/Hamlets%2Dsuccession
Why wasn't Hamlet crowned King of Denmark immediately after his father's death? Wouldn't that have cleared up most of the conflict in the plot?tag:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.215168Sat, 12 May 2012 18:24:58 -0800OptamysticBesides Shakespeare, who are the writers with the greatest wit and rhetorical skill?http://ask.metafilter.com/211739/Besides%2DShakespeare%2Dwho%2Dare%2Dthe%2Dwriters%2Dwith%2Dthe%2Dgreatest%2Dwit%2Dand%2Drhetorical%2Dskill
Besides Shakespeare, who are the writers with the greatest wit and rhetorical skill? Of all English authors, Shakespeare is clearly the most famous for his verbal skill -- e.g. innovative rhetorical devices, creative use of vocabulary/meter/rhyme, innuendo &amp; multiple meanings, and the ability to put a thought in a pithy and witty form.<br>
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What other authors are out there have lines or passages that make you say "daaaaaamn, that was smooth!" I'm asking more about being witty/skillful/humorous rather than being philosophically profound or emotionally moving (although that certainly doesn't hurt).<br>
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Recommendations of particular books/poems are appreciated. (Even for Shakespeare himself, as I don't know which works are the best to start with if I want to appreciate his verbal wit.)tag:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.211739Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:27:23 -0800lunchboxO Romeo, Romeo, do I explain you?http://ask.metafilter.com/209444/O%2DRomeo%2DRomeo%2Ddo%2DI%2Dexplain%2Dyou
Taking children, ages 16, 15, and 10, to see Romeo &amp; Juliet. Should I explain it to them first? On Sunday, I am taking my three nieces to <a href="http://orlandoshakes.org/plays-events/romeo-and-juliet.html">this production of Romeo &amp; Juliet.</a> My nieces are 16, 15, and 10 years old. They are all smart for their age, but they do not really know Shakespeare - or Romeo &amp; Juliet. I am nearly positive that none of them know the double suicide ending.<br>
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The 16 year old studied Hamlet at the end of last year in High School. The 15 year old will be studying Romeo &amp; Juliet in the last marking period of this year. The 10 year old knows nothing.<br>
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I know that by seeing the play, Shakespeare is much more accessible. However, would they benefit from some back-ground before the play starts? If so, how much? And what exactly should I explain?<br>
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I have studied Shakespeare, and seen his plays performed several times. I am well educated, but I am not a literary scholar. My own knowledge of Romeo &amp; Juliet is imperfect.<br>
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I know that just the experience of being in the theatre will make the event enjoyable - but is there anything else I should do to make the play more accessible and enjoyable - given the ages of the kids above.<br>
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Any thoughts on enhancing this theatrical experience for this age group are greatly appreciatedtag:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.209444Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:54:43 -0800FloodThe Shakespeare of Brazil...http://ask.metafilter.com/208765/The%2DShakespeare%2Dof%2DBrazil
Who are good candidates for reasonably being labelled "The Brazilian Shakespeare"? Any time period will do but they have to be *famous* writers or playwrights or poets etc <br>
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Thanks for suggestions!!tag:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.208765Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:50:05 -0800BwithhA drum a drum! Macbeth doth come!http://ask.metafilter.com/207634/A%2Ddrum%2Da%2Ddrum%2DMacbeth%2Ddoth%2Dcome
Macbeth: Looking for a good annotated version of the Scottish play, geared toward a lay reader without a lot of Shakespeare knowledge, rather than an academic or expert. Open to one with a modern "translation" on each facing page. Interested in hardcopy, not electronic format. Thanks!tag:ask.metafilter.com,2012:site.207634Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:44:10 -0800Conrad Cornelius o'Donald o'DellWho wrote "To out-[Person] [Person]"?http://ask.metafilter.com/204144/Who%2Dwrote%2DTo%2DoutPerson%2DPerson
A bunch of supposedly literate people at Christmas dinner couldn't decide from what piece of classical English literature we all half-remember the phrase "to out-[<em>Person</em>] [<em>Person</em>]", or "it out-[<em>Person</em>]s [<em>Person</em>]". We were all sure it was from Shakespeare, but a quick regular expression search of Gutenberg found nothing. Can you think of examples of that construction?tag:ask.metafilter.com,2011:site.204144Mon, 26 Dec 2011 08:23:36 -0800nicwolffWhat theater-themed short story involving a wallflower actor am I having trouble remembering?http://ask.metafilter.com/198564/What%2Dtheaterthemed%2Dshort%2Dstory%2Dinvolving%2Da%2Dwallflower%2Dactor%2Dam%2DI%2Dhaving%2Dtrouble%2Dremembering
I am trying to find the name of a short story that involved a socially awkward actor brought out of his shell romantically by Shakespeare's words. Read the story in the 90s, although it might be much older than that. The plot involved an actress and a wallflower actor in the same play. The former is romantically interested in the latter, but he always makes a hasty retreat after each rehearsal. The actress eventually catches him backstage before he leaves and thrusts a copy of Romeo &amp; Juliet in his hands. They perform the balcony scene, leading into a courtship that may or may not have been entirely comprised of acting out famous theatrical romances. Feel free to flag this question if it's all too common a plot device, but this is all I remember.<br>
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For some reason my mind is telling me it was written by Isaac Asimov, although I haven't had much luck googling on that front.tag:ask.metafilter.com,2011:site.198564Sat, 15 Oct 2011 16:35:51 -0800noyb42A kid-friendly "Merchant of Venice"?http://ask.metafilter.com/198435/A%2Dkidfriendly%2DMerchant%2Dof%2DVenice
Please recommend a video production of "The Merchant of Venice" best suited for an 8-year-old. This summer we took our 8-year-old daughter to her first Shakespeare play - the <a href="http://www.bardonthebeach.org/">Bard on the Beach</a> production of "As You Like It" - and she loved it. At the festival site she also saw posters for "The Merchant of Venice". Fascinated by the costumes and sets in the pictures and by what little of the story-line we could explain to her, she insisted on seeing that, too. Unfortunately by that time all remaining performances were either sold out or on days that conflicted with our existing schedules. So we compromised by promising to find a production of "Merchant" on video or DVD.<br>
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The Bard production of "Merchant" was, supposedly, one that somewhat toned down the anti-Semitic aspects - and we're looking for one that does the same. This is not because we're Jewish (we aren't) but because several of her friends are. I'd rather not expose her to concepts that might confuse or distress her unnecessarily, or get her in trouble if she talked about them in the wrong context, or that she's simply not yet able to process.<br>
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Any suggestions from the Hive-mind?tag:ask.metafilter.com,2011:site.198435Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:11:31 -0800e-man